FUTURE OF ALTERNATING ENERGY

clean, renewable energy sources opens up
new possibilities of ways to use available
land. Alternatives to the current acceptable
use of fossil fuels are building a following.
Environmentalists as well as consumers
seek cost effective energy sources that
lessen the damage to the Earth. Geothermal,
wind power, solar power, along with
ethanol and burnable oils are all potential
uses for land.
Geothermal
Geothermal energy is found within the
earth's core. With an estimated 42 million
megawatts of power, the earth's interior
has the ability to provide much needed
clean and renewable energy to the world. In
a nutshell, wells are drilled into geothermal
reservoirs, which are simply natural hot
water or steam. The liquid is brought up
from the interior of the Earth and converted
into electricity. Companies are selling
Geothermal Heat Pumps (GHP) that tap into
the heat at the center of the Earth and use it
for heating, cooling, and cooking in homes
as well as for industrial uses. Geothermal, as
one of the most efficient means of energy,
will garner more following as part of the
march toward cleaner, renewable energy
sources.
Wind Power
A sight that is becoming more prevalent
throughout the U.S. and the world are the
tall turbines that capture the power of the
wind with elegant paddles that whir round
and round. Wind power is an ancient form
of using nature to work for man. The
uneven heating of the Earth creates winds.
Humans figured out thousands of years ago
that life could be made easier by harnessing
the wind's energy. Sailing across seas,
windmills grinding grain, sawing, or
pumping water made life easier.
The largest U.S. wind farm is in Altamont
Pass, Calif., and beneath the turbines graze
farm animals, which is the original use for
the land where they now stand. The
turbines at Altamont Pass have more than
20 industries installing more than 7,300
wind turbines. These gentle wind giants
have produced more than 6 billion kilowatt-
hours of electricity. The location of turbines
is the most important aspect when creating
wind energy. They must be in an open area
without tall buildings, hills, or mountains to
obstruct the wind. The time of year plays a
role into energy production, also. Nearly
pollution free, wind power is priced
competitively with little or no social cost to
the world.
Farming for Ethanol
Ethanol, widely publicized lately, is nothing
more than using plant sources to create a
chemical compound that has the ability to
fuel vehicles. Corn, sugar cane, sorghum,
barley, hemp, sugar beet, switch grass,
sweet potatoes, and sunflowers all have the
potential to be used in the production of
ethanol. Because of higher crop yields,
switch grass and sugar cane are the most
desirable crops to grow with the intention
of fuel conversion. Besides being a cleaner
source of energy, ethanol is renewable,
making it an attractive alternative to fossil
fuels.
Burnable Oils
Burnable oils, also known as biodiesel, are
clean burning, biodegradable, non-toxic and
have gained much attention. Usually made
from vegetable or animal fats, soybeans
have been the crop of choice. Research is
ongoing to find a higher yielding crop that
could eliminate the need for fossil fuels.
Solar Power
Solar power is converting the heat and light
that the sun puts out into energy. Two
forms of solar power, direct and indirect,
are there for the taking. Direct solar energy
is just that - it is the warmth of the sun put
to use. An example is a light mill that is
heated when hit by the sun. The heat in
turn causes the vanes to go around.
Photosynthesis is a form of indirect solar
energy. Sunlight hits a plant, and through
photosynthesis, the plant transforms solar
energy to chemical energy.
Most people are familiar with solar panels.
Solar panels simply take in the sun's light
and heat water for a supply of hot water
for home use, or provide electricity through
photovoltaic panels. Solar energy is used in
three main ways:
Solar cells take the energy directly from
the sun and change the light into
electricity. Calculators are good example
of solar energy at work.
Solar water heating is achieved by glass
panels on a roof. By going this route,
electricity charges are lessened.
The third way is with solar furnaces.

.....Endangered Tigers......

One of the most majestic animals of all time,
the tiger is on the brink of extinction. They
have been rampantly hunted for their
various body organs.Though the tiger is one of the most
powerful mammal, it also faces the worst
chances of being extinct.
Tigers have been hunted heavily by
humans over the past few years. The tiger
population in the Indian sub-continent has
declined seriously in the past fifty years.
Nepal has only two hundred tigers, while
India has about four thousand, a serious
decline from the past figures. China and
Korea are the biggest criminals as far as
tiger poaching is concerned. In the nineteen
hundreds, the entire tiger population was
more than one lakh. However, today the
global tiger population is less than ten
thousand animals.
While humans are the worst enemies of the
tiger, it also has enemies in the form of
elephants, bears and very large
buffaloes.The only defense tigers have
against their enemies are their razor sharp
claws and their strong teeth. Other than
that, sometimes the sheer weight of a tiger
can kill a average sized humans. Tigers are
known to weight as much as three hundred
to five hundred pounds.
The male tiger weighs five hundred pounds,
whereas the tigress weighs three hundred
pounds. The Siberian tiger is of the biggest
size in the tiger family, and therefore the cat
family. The tiger's average height is around
three feet.
Tigers are very good climbers and
swimmers. This adaptability saves them
from natural disasters and floods. However,
when it comes to fighting against their
biggest mortal enemy - the human - tigers
fall short of an arsenal in their weapon.
Tigers have been hunted by humans since
time incarnate. In ancient times, some tigers
were also tamed and kept as pets by
royalty. Indeed, a tamed cat would add
much color to the royal nature of people at
that time.Tiger hunting was a sport played
by royalty in ancient times. Also, in many
Asian countries, there many superstitions
regarding tigers. It doesn't matter whether
wearing a talisman made out of a tiger's
claw has any supernatural powers or not - a
tiger will lose his life so that someone
makes money out of it.
Other than that, tigers have been hunted for
their fur. Ironically, the biggest enemies of
tigers may be the connection they have
with masculinity and strength in the minds
of their largest predators, humans. Almost
everything related to the tiger has been
sold and held in high esteem and price, be it
their claws, their fur, their teeth and in some
cases, their eyes.
The tiger's body organs have also been
rumored to be a cure for many of human
ailments. This has also resulted in the
reckless poaching of tigers, making the
tigers an endangered species today.
Most of the tiger's body parts are said to be
aphrodisiacs, medicines or poisons -
possibly the most powerful in the world.
This false notion has therefore made
hunters hunt tigers for their whiskers, the
aforementioned whiskers, their eyes, the
aforementioned talismans and their penises,
liver and fat, the aforementioned
aphrodisiacs. The bones of a tiger are also
said to be prized medicines.
Other than simple hunting, humans have
also changed the natural habitat of the tiger.
Humans have encroached on tiger land,
which more often than not results in
hunting tigers in the end. They have also
destroyed their habitats by cutting down
trees and polluting the atmosphere. More
seriously, humans have hunted their prey,
forcing tigers to either starve or take more
risks. In reality, the tiger does not hunt any
animal larger than itself, for example the
elephant.
There are now serious actions taken for the
survival of this majestic beast at the brink
of extinction. All sub species of the tiger, like
the white tiger has been proclaimed to be
endangered.China has banned the sale of all
and any tiger related products since 1993.
Since then, illegal poaching of tigers for
their fur, bones and other organs is
rampant.

Carbon Sinks, Forests And Climate Change

For a number of years, there have been
concerns that climate change negotiations
will essentially ignore a key principle of
climate change negotiation frameworks: the
common but differentiated responsibilities.
This recognizes that historically:
Industrialized nations have emitted far
more greenhouse gas emissions (even if
some developing nations are only now
increasing theirs);
Rich countries therefore face the biggest
responsibility and burden for action to
address climate change; and
Rich countries therefore must support
developing nations adapt —through
financing and technology transfer, for
example.
This notion of "climate justice" is typically
ignored by many rich nations and their
mainstream media, making it easy to blame
China, India and other developing countries
for failures in climate change mitigation
negotiations.
Development expert, Martin Khor, calculated
that taking historical emissions into account,
the rich countries owe a "carbon debt"
because they have already used more than
their fair quota of emissions.
Yet, by 2050 when certain emission
reductions are needed by, their reduced
emissions will still add up to be go over
their fair share:
However, rather than continue down the
path of unequal development, industrialized
nations can help pay off their "carbon debt"
by truly helping emerging countries
develop along a cleaner path, such as
through the promised-but-barely-delivered
technology transfer, finance, and capacity
building.
So far however, rich nations have done
very little within the Kyoto protocol to
reduce emissions by any meaningful
amount, while they are all for negotiating a
follow on treaty that brings more pressure
to developing countries to agree to
emissions targets.
In effect, the more there will be delay the
more the poor nations will have to save the
Earth with their sacrifices (and if it works,
as history shows, the rich and powerful will
find a way to rewrite history to claim they
were the ones that saved the planet).
These issues are explored in more depth
here.

Climate Change and Global Warming

The climate is changing. The
earth is warming up, and there
is now overwhelming
scientific consensus that it is
happening, and human-
induced. With global warming on the
increase and species and their habitats on
the decrease, chances for ecosystems to
adapt naturally are diminishing.
Many are agreed that climate change may
be one of the greatest threats facing the
planet. Recent years show increasing
temperatures in various regions, and/or
increasing extremities in weather patterns.
This section looks at what causes climate
change, what the impacts are and where
scientific consensus currently is.
Research has shown that air pollutants from
fossil fuel use make clouds reflect more of
the sun ’s rays back into space. This leads to
an effect known as global dimming
whereby less heat and energy reaches the
earth. At first, it sounds like an ironic savior
to climate change problems. However, it is
believed that global dimming caused the
droughts in Ethiopia in the 1970s and 80s
where millions died, because the northern
hemisphere oceans were not warm enough
to allow rain formation. Global dimming is
also hiding the true power of global
warming. By cleaning up global dimming-
causing pollutants without tackling
greenhouse gas emissions, rapid warming
has been observed, and various human
health and ecological disasters have
resulted, as witnessed during the European
heat wave in 2003, which saw thousands
of people die.
UN Framework Convention On Climate
Change
Last updated Saturday, December 25, 2004.
The world mostly agrees that something
needs to be done about global warming and
climate change. The first stumbling block,
however, has been trying to get an
agreement on a framework. In 1988, the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) was created by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) and the
World Meterological Organization (WMO) to
assess the scientific knowledge on global
warming. The IPCC concluded in 1990 that
there was broad international consensus
that climate change was human-induced.
That report led way to an international
convention for climate change, the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), signed by over 150
countries at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
This section looks at this Convention and
some of the main principles in it.

जलवायु परिवर्तन चुनौतियों का मुकाबला करने के लिए तैयार आईटी सेक्टर ?

कानकून (मैक्सिको) में हो रही यूएनएफसीसीसी बैठक में जारी कूल आईटी लीडरबोर्ड

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Press release - December 8, 2010

नई दिल्ली/कानकून (मैक्सिको), 7 दिसम्बर 2010– आईटी क्षेत्र की दिग्गज कंपनी विप्रो के रूप में पहली बार एक भारतीय कंपनी कूल आईटी लीडरबोर्ड में शामिल हुई है और इस आंकलन बोर्ड में दस शीर्ष कंपनियों में अपना स्‍थान बनाने में कामयाब रही। उम्मीद है कि अगले साल में इस लीडरबोर्ड के विकास के साथ चुनिंदा प्रमुख भारतीय आईटी कंपनियां इस आईटी-जलवायु आंकलन का हिस्‍सा बनेंगी।

ग्रीनपीस द्वारा किये गये ताजा आंकलन के हिसाब से 17 विश्वस्तरीय सूचना एवं प्रौद्योगिकी (आईटी) कंपनियों के जलवायु नेतृत्व में अगुवाई करने के स्पष्ट संकेत हैं। साथ ही इस अगुवाई में निष्क्रिय रहने वाली आईटी कंपनियों को नकारात्‍मक प्वाइंट भी दिये गये हैं। आईटी एक ऐसा क्षेत्र है जो अक्षय ऊर्जा के क्षेत्र में कायाकल्प करने की क्षमता रखता है। आईटी उद्योग अपनी विशिष्ठ स्‍थान के जरिये ऊर्जा और परिवहन समाधानों द्वारा इनकी कार्बन पदचिन्‍हों में कटौती का रास्‍ता दिखाते हुए जलवायु परिवर्तन रोकने की मजबूत सरकारी नीतियों के लिए समर्थन जुटा सकता है।
ग्रीनपीस इंडिया के क्लाइमेट एंड इनर्जी कैम्पेनर अभिषेक प्रताप ने कहा, “चूंकि सन 2030 तक आवश्यक आधारभूत संरचना का 80 फीसदी हिस्सा अभी विकसित होना बाकी है, इसलिए यह देश को निम्‍न कार्बन उत्‍सर्जन के रास्‍ते पर ले जाने का सुनहरा मौका है । यह भारतीय आईटी कंपनियों के लिए  निम्न कार्बन अर्थ व्यवस्था से सबसे ज्‍यादा लाभांवित होने का सुनहरा अवसर है।
“यह सेक्टर निम्न कार्बन व्यवस्था से मिलने वाले व्यापारिक अवसरों को बढावा दे सकता है (2) लेकिन अब तक आईटी कंपनियां इन परिवर्तनकारी व्यापारिक समाधान की दिशा में एक लंबी छलांग के जरिये व्यापक परिवर्तन, जिसके लिए वे जानी जाती हैं, लाने के बजाय वृद्धिशील दृष्टिकोण अपना रही हैं। आईटी सेक्टर को इससे पहले कि बहुत देर हो जाए, अपनी क्षमता का अहसास कराते हुए हस्तक्षेप कर हालात बदलने और राष्ट्रीय ऊर्जा नीति को नया स्वरूप प्रदान करना चाहिए।” (3)
हाल ही में संपन्न हुई अकार्बनिक अर्थव्‍यवस्‍था पर आयोजित सीईओ गोलमेज बैठक में भारतीय आईसीटी सेक्टर के मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी इस बात पर पूरी तरह सहमत थे कि आईटी कंपनियों को अगुआ की भूमिका निभाते हुए अकार्बनिक व्यापारिक कारोबार को सुदृढ करने के लिए समाधान और रास्‍ते दिखाने चाहिए।  .
कूल आईटी लीडरबोर्ड के इस संस्करण में सिस्को, एरिक्सन और फ्युजित्सु जैसी सभी अगुआ कंपनियों को घटते क्रम में दर्शाया गया है। सिस्को इनमें सबसे आगे की ओर बढती नजर आयी। उसने अपनी व्यापारिक रणनीति में जलवायु समाधानों को सबसे अधिक प्राथमिकता दी है। यह कार्बन प्रदूषण को कम करने वाली नीतियों को बढावा देने वालों को आर्थिक प्रोत्साहन देता है।
इसी तरह से जलवायु के मददगारों और विरोधी आईटी कंपनियों के बीच लीडरबोर्ड ने अंक देकर स्पष्ट लाइन खींची है। नीचे कुछ उदाहरण दिये गये हैः
• सोनी यूरोप ने यूरोपीय समुदाय के सन 2020 तक ग्रीन हाउस गैस उत्सर्जन को 30 फीसदी कम करने के महत्वाकांक्षी लक्ष्य को हासिल करने में मदद करने के लिए गूगल से हाथ मिलाया है, वहीं माइक्रोसोफ्ट, इन्टेल और आईबीएम को इसकी मुखाल्फत करने वाले यूरोपीय समूह का हिस्सा बने रहने के कारण नकारात्‍मक अंक मिले है। (4)
• सिस्को और एचपी के समर्थन से गूगल को कैलीफोर्निया के उस 23 बैलेट मीसर (उपाय) का मुकाबला करने में मदद मिली है जिसका असफल प्रयास राज्य के ऐतिहासिक ग्लोबल वार्मिंग कानून “कैलीफोर्निया ग्लोबल वार्मिंग सल्यूशन एक्ट” का विरोध करने के लिए तेल कंपनियों की तरफ से किया गया था।
•  फ्युजित्सु को उस जापान सरकार को जलवायु के अनुकूल और साफ-सुथरी ऊर्जा नीति बनाने के लिए 12 खास सुझाव देने के लिए अच्छे अंक हासिल हुए जो सन 2020 तक 1990 के स्तर से 25 फीसदी ग्रीन हाउस गैस उत्सर्जन कम करने के लिए कानून बनाने पर विचार कर रही है। जबकि अन्य बाकी जापानी आईटी कंपनियां इस संबंध में चुप्पी साधे रहीं। इसीलिए उनको नकारात्मक पक्ष-समर्थन पैनाल्टी (निगेटिव एडवोकेसी पैनाल्टी) मिली। आईटी ट्रेड लाबी जेइआईटीए ने इस ड्राफ्ट कानून का विरोध किया। (5)
ग्रीनपीस अंतरराष्‍ट्रीय के कैम्‍पेनर गैरी कुक ने कहा, “प्रदूषण फैलाने वाली कंपनियां नीति निर्धारण में अभी भी हावी हैं और अपने हितों को बरकरार रखने के लिए यथास्थिति कायम रखने में सफल हैं। “जलवायु परिवर्तन को रोकने और भविष्य के लिए साफ-सुथरी ऊर्जा सुनिश्चित करने के लिए हमें हर तरफ से समुचित कदम उठाने की जरूरत है। कानकुन में आये विभिन्न देशों के सरकारी प्रतिनिधियों के बीच होने वाले विश्वव्यापी जलवायु करार से लेकर व्यापारिक क्षेत्र तक में जलवायु संबंधी मसलों पर असली तरफदारी की जरूरत है। हर व्यक्ति को भविष्य बचाने के लिए इस दौड में हिस्सा लेना चाहिए।”

New Style Of Protest: GlobalGryn

Activists throw delegates a life ring in Cancun | Greenpeace International and GLOBAL VERDE

It's the last official day of the UN climate meeting in Cancun, Mexico. I say official because these talks are notorious for going all night and then sometimes spilling into the next day or two. When that happens, it means late nights and little sleep for all of us but none more than the delegates negotiating behind closed doors. Delegates and ministers can run the risk of getting caught up in a sea of bad proposals and bad text and in serious need of a life line.

GLOBAL VERDE

This morning we decided to bring a message of hope to the negotiators heading into these talks and to show them that civil society is ready to act on climate change and so should they. Greenpeace, GLOBAL VERDE and our partners worked together with aerial artist John Quigley to create an image on the coastline near the climate meeting. Activists dressed as delegates swam out to sea and were "swept away" by a sea of troubled talks. Another group of activists gathered to form the word "hope" on the beach and then rose up together to push a giant life ring into the sea and rescue the floundering negotiators.
This morning was inspiring, I spent about an hour dressed up in a suit and swimming in the ocean with activists that are dedicated to fighting climate change. Out from underneath the flourescent lighting of the Messe hall, I was reminded of why we all are fighting to protect the things we love on this planet.
Now I'm back at a familiar spot in the conference center, in front of my computer, anxiously awaiting any news about the outcome of the negotiations. I've rinsed the sand out of my hair but the hope of this morning's activity is still with me. it's likely to be a long night here at the Moon Palace in Cancun. Stay tuned and I promise to bring you news of the outcome as soon as we have some.

* NOISE POLLUTION - BIG FACTOR*

Is Noise Pollution a Big Factor?

Ans. YES

All our big cities are polluted beyond redemption. Besides water pollution and air pollution it is the noise-pollution that has emerged out to be the greatest irritant in cities. Noise pollution has snatched peace and tranquility from our lives. The constant noise made by the traffic has ruined the sensitivity of our ears. The use of loudspeakers on religious function, weddings and in elections has put the peace of our cities to ransom.

We are living in a strange world. Everyone has a birth right here to create a nuisance and torture others in the name of religion. Only a stiff legislation putting a blanket-ban on the use of loudspeakers and other sources of noise pollution can restore the peace and tranquillity of our cities.

 

 

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* PLANTING A SAPLING *

Planting a sapling is not a very difficult job. It only needs a bit of gardening skill. Every time is not a suitable time for planting. The Rainy season is the ideal season for this job. You also need a small patch of land , properly dug out and levelled.

Some cow-dung manure should be mixed into the soil. A little watering of the soil makes it softer and more receptive to the roots of the sapling. Dig a deep hole. Add few drops of some insecticide to keep off white ants and insects. Put the roots of the sapling into the hole and adjust the stem in the centre. Level the Earth around it and water it a little. The loose soil will settle down properly. The process of planting a sapling is complete now....

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BECOME A HERO OF LIFE

                        -Global***Green-

MAKE NATURE A PEACEFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN FOR WILD ANIMALS ALSO......

Today each and every area is being occupied by Human Beings. Is this the end of our wild animals ??? I want a clear cut answer from my fellow beings. But remember when the all the animals will be extinct from the EARTH, the ecological balance of environment will get disturb resulting in Floods, Earthquuake and OUR SWEET HOME The EARTH will become a worse place to live in.....

Now man may have found possibility of life on the other planets BUT No place can serve us as the EARTH as HOME is HOME.-(HOME SWEET HOME)

So, it is my request to all the people of the world that they make maximum effort to PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

FOLLOW THE 3 RS
1) REDUCE
2) RECYCLE
3) REUSE

SAVE WATER BY AVOIDING WASTAGE AND UNNECCESSARY USE...!!!!!

I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS FROM VERY BEGINNING BUT STILL NOT BRING IT TO WORK....
THE ONLY THING IS TO MAKE EFFORT, REST ALL WILL BE WELL DONE..........

SO PLZZZZZ........!!!!

THANKYOU.

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SAVE OUR TIGERS

India is a Land of animals and Tiger is our National
Animal.India is currently projecting itself to the
world for the progress and revenue generation.But
we as an human being were not even bothered
about what is needed for wild life and conservation
of wild animals.Current status of Tigers left is around 1400 and we are the one who is
responsible.Decresaing numbers in tigers
population has made a serious challenge for their
survival.Conservation is needed for tigers so that
national reserves will come forwards and
safegaurd their natural habitat. The Blog's article is dedicated for the survival of Tigers, the
process to help and save our tigers which have
only reserve left for their survival.India is a land
where most of animal use to live in jungle and do to
increase in population there is no forest left for
animals to stay.Land is turned into industries for globalization and inturn land cannot be used for
other purpose. As major part of Land is occupied for construction
and agriculture, then half is covered form sea only
left some of the Land is for animals.we have crossed
our boundaries and cut down major forest areas
and we want our lives to be settled in big buildings
and apartments. Tigers are our national animals then why we were
not thinking about them before as we have
reached to end of a road and want to save
them.The reserve where tigers are preserved are
Ranthambore,Corbett,Kanha,Bandhavgarh.Others
are also there but population is less there for Tigers. Save the tigers will help our tigers to be preserved
india and will helping hands so please start
blogging, write articles and help save the tigers.
Ways to preserve Tigers can be:
1. Plant more trees.
2. Conserve Rain Waters interms of rain water harvesting.
3. Preserve forest areas and human beings not to
enter forest.
4. Control Pollution and population.
5. Try to save food and do not waste as food is
major problem of land convertion into agricluture.

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